Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Tag 4 the stars and stripes Friday May 25, 1945 nazis had All Ace sixth port hq., May 24�?men of me f?6th port co., at Marseille have expressed an overwhelming belief in individual savings for Post rather than Loans under the Public 8tars and stripes a Frt i a car car ref Rige ooh test men of the 676th last i and Bull session of postwar savings to sgt John b. Brad York unit i and e Man in the group their savings the Bill of rights loan Cpl Edward Rose of Bibo Myn staid �?�2,000 Bucks is like if Points Good but not Good enough. Til want a few Hundred in ratings to tide me Over saves to a the altars sgt. William Fuhrman also of Brooklyn said the army a savings program would help men who hoped to meet their sweethearts on the pod pier object Matrimony. A fear that government said to ois would counteract Competition of Quot free Enterprise by controlling Entrance into Small business through Loans sgt. Simon Schwartz of Manhattan said a Man s Independence might depend on what he Quot saved while he v Cpl Francisj luts of Utica n.y., said army savings were important because of the uncertainly of material allocations for Small businesses As the japanese War progressed toward Victory a without savings a Man might be hard up before he knew it a he said. A Cpl. Orr a Johnson of Detroit a thought War prices and restrictions on business would make it impossible for veterans to Start their own businesses. He advocated getting a Job with a big firm and keeping go savings for a Rainy Day. A and still Altey save. Cpl. William to Slevitz of Providence , hoped to open his own grocery business on his own savings rather than with a government loan to pvt Bill Donovan of Quincy mass., army savings meant future Eross country Tours. 8-8gt, Ciao Elliott of ban Diego calif., planned to use his army savings to buy army equipment to operate his 20-acre Placer mine. Ltd Cpl. Vincent Masucci of Newark. Nj., is a Stevedore How and plans to stick to that work As a civilian. A in a saving Quot he said a because i always like to have some dough Handy. A / capt Martin. Lichtenhan of Manhattan co of the 676th, explained the provisions of the i Biu of rights loan division. Nonetheless the men were overwhelmingly in favor of saving while still in service. \ a a 1 a. A number of men in the 676th have entered the stars and stripes contest both to clarify their postwar savings plans and in the Hope of winning a car or refrigerator. The greatest collection of american air aces Ever assembled sat some of them for a year and a half in stalag Luft 1, the German prison Camp at Barth on the Baltic before they were freed. The Camp was under command of col. Hubert Zemke the Missoula. Mont Ace whose 56th fighter group made the Republic p47 Thunderbolt famous with Zemke. Were five other former fighter group commanders All colonels and a fun Squadron of aces headed by it. Coi Francis s. Gabreski of Oil City pa., who holds the a ultime american record for German planes shot Down with 28 to his credit Indaba item there were approximately 1,000 other american ps1, p47 and p38 pilots most downed by flab among the Best known aces at the Camp were majors Jerry Johnson. Who destroyed 16 German planes before he went Down and Duane Beeson who knocked Down is. Few of the american aces found their Luftwaffe superiors in actual air combat but were forced Down after being hit with flak on Low level strafing or bombing missions. The 26-year-old Gabreski had a strange Accident which forced him to land in Germany on july 20, 1044. F v. Quot we had been escorting bombers Quot Gabreski said Quot and were on the Way Home when we strafed an Ai drome near Coblenz. I was Over shooting a plane on the ground stuck the pose Down a Little to get on the target and the propeller hit the ground. Oil sprayed All Over my Windshield and canopy. The engine was failing so 1 set the coi Hubert Zemke. Prison commander plane on the ground at about 200 Miles an hour. It finally stopped and i got out and left it Gabreski escaped capture for five Days but was finally trapped exhausted and hungry by German Farmers and was turned Over to the wehrmacht. Quot there was an interrogator there we called Stone face Sharf Quot Gabreski said. Nazis expecting Gabreski Quot As i a opened. The door and walked in the first Day he said a Why Gabreski we be been expecting you for a Long time. Glad to see a a a the former fighter group commanders at Barth included col. Binar Malmstrom of Spokane Wash t356th fighter group a col Henry r. Spicer of ban Antonio Tex. 373rd fighter Groupie. Col. Glenn Duncan and it. A of. Loren o. Mcc Obom. Of Ritzville wash., tence was carried out. It col. Francis 8. Gabreski v. Describes capture the pilots greatest a worry at Barth was food. The germans gave them a loaf of bread to be split among seven men. In addition they got a bowl of dishwater Stew concocted from turnips with an occasional slice of potato included. Sometimes they had horse meat As a special treat. V Spicer sentenced the death Spicer in co Chmand of one of the compounds in the Camp was sentenced to death by the germans when he gave a Pep talk to 1,400 men under him. Quot there were several German officers present a said the colonel. T merely told the men that they were to be placed in a new compound which was pretty rugged. I guess some of the things i said made the germans the russian army liberated the prisoners however before the sen House leaders halt junkets to War zones Washington May 24 Ansi House leaders called a halt today to proposed overseas inspection Tours of several congressmen members of a group scheduled to leave for Europe this week reported. They said speaker Sam Rayburn . Asked them Quot politely but firmly Quot to abandon their trip Quot while important business is before the a a six Man sub committee of the Senate National defense committee headed by sen. Harley m. Kilgore do. A is now in the continent to investigate the military Supply situation in the Eto hits touring legislators rep. Robert ramspeck majority whip whose duty it is to round up members for important votes criticized touring legislators saying Quot there Are about 15 House members now in Europe who ought to be Here for important votes. They were not elected to Congress for the purpose of touring meanwhile at Columbia s. C. Rep James p. Richards , who toured German concentration Camps charged the Quot entire German people with a colossal scheme to exterminate Quot More than 12 million europeans. Germany a rail net paralysed Washington May 24 ans a it will take six to eight months to restore Germany a transportation system to a Bare minimum operating basis maj. Gen. Prank s. Ross chief of transportation in the Eto. Said yesterday. He described the system As completely paralysed and estimated the Rhine River could not be cleared of debris and opened for navigation until late fall. German labor will be used in every possible Case to repair and rebuild Germany a transportation system Ross declared Ross who will return to the Eto in about ten Days said he believed the army transportation corps will leave Europe when redeployment is completed. A 900 negro was land first Here Rouen May 24�?a detachment of 800 negro was and 31 officers the first to come to the continent arrived Here today. Maj. Charity e. Adams former mathematics teacher in Columbia s.c., is in charge of the group the 6888th Central postal directory. French soldiers get dec Grenoble May 24 a two French soldiers have been awarded the distinguished service Cross americans second highest combat decoration by Gen. Jacob l Devers commander of sixth army up. Mustache Forelock but it Wasny to Adolf Wulfe Buttel May 24-second army. Maps tailing a Small Man with hinging fore look and Quot just the right Quot Mustache in a town near Here thought surely they had Hitler alive. On questioning the Man who wore it said it was no Honor being mistaken for Schicke Gruber. He admitted however of having been a Corporal in the last War a paperhanger and of being a fuehrer of his Awn Home town. Holland nazis to walk Home with first Canadian army May 24 Reuter a some 88.000 Oer mans will Start a 256-mile March to Germany tomorrow covering 14 Miles per Day. Another 30,000 germans including 1,000 service women will return by naval vessels which will Dock at Wilhelm shave a. Normandy base Cears shifted Normandy base Section May 24�?this base Section of com z already has put into reverse gear the massive machinery which until be Day funnelled troops and equipment to the front and now has the task of moving men and Materiel Back to the or to other combat areas. Collection Points for turn in and processing of weapons and vehicles slated for the Pacific area have been established in several cities. Principal places for inspection repair and crating of Materiel will be be mans Chartres be Havre and Cherbourg. While a major part of the work of readying vehicles for shipment is to be done at Antwerp extensive use will be made of ordnance facilities at be Havre and Cherbourg 22,000 expos to reach America by end of month Gale hits Buffalo Buffalo n. Y., May 24. Ans a a traffic and communications were disrupted Here by a Gale which flattened Trees and Telegraph poles. Washington May 24 it a it a Twenty two thousand american soldiers liberated from Germany in the closing stages of the War will be Back in the . By the end of this month. Others of 100,000 held in Reich pm Camps when the nazis collapsed will be brought Home As swiftly As possible the War department said. Col. Albert l Warner War intelligence division chief explained that Many men were released in Camps deep in Germany and others in areas taken by the russians. They Are being moved As rapidly As possible to american Camps. The War department has established a special repatriation Section in the casualty Branch to keep families informed of the movements of liberated prisoners. Each prisoner is authorized to Send one personally composed message free Over army signal facilities to insure speedy word families. Commercial Telegraph facilities and mail Are also open to liberated prisoners without restriction the red Cross is expediting reports. Senators visit Nice Sens. Homer Ferguson a Mich and James Tunnel a de members of the six Man sub committee sent to Eto to investigate the Supply situation for the Senate defense committee yesterday stopped briefly in Nice. They were in route from Marseille to Verdun. The senators lunched at the Negrescu hotel with col. Warren e. Pught commanding officer of Riviera recreation area it. Col. Charles l. Mcmackin director of the recreation organization and capt John h. Olin assistant to Mcmackin. Nazi army food stores ample 21 million tons unloaded in Eto com z hq., May 24�?the army a transportation corps discharged 21, 411,890 tons of . Supplies to implement the War against the germans four times As much tonnage As was unloaded during world War i. Port soldiers debarked 4,168.072 american troops through 53 ports in Europe during this War compared to 1,918.125 soldiers and 15 ports in the last conflict. World War ii ports were manned by 60,697 men 40 percent of the Tco a personnel in the us and on the continent. Largest port organization is at be Havre approximately 10,000 men. Name vessels for port men Rouen May 24�?six tankers and ten tugs were christened yesterday in memory of 16 enlisted men and civilians who died while serving with the 11th port. With the 15th . Army Germany May 24�?the German army had it pretty Good except for Petroleum products and transportation. is the. Opinion of one sup ply expert who has been wrestling with the disposal problem of huge stores of nazi equipment uncovered in it. Gen. Leonard t. Gerowe a 15th army area. Typical of finds is a 20-Page inventory covering 450-Odd freight cars at Cologne. Here a part of a Page from the list. Five Hundred cases canned beef 1,700 cases canned fish 100.000 Kilos 1 kilo equals 2.3 pounds flour 90,000 Kilos sugar 7,000 Kilos Dill pickets 400 Kilos mixed vegetables 4.000 yellow cheese and 12,000 kill Sapple butter. Gigs in Reich get air mail Paris May 24�?new planes and equipment now make it possible to Fly All letter mail for ground and air Force personnel from mail reception Points in France and the us to army postal stations in Germany it. Col Charlie h. Bell Eto air forces postal officer announced yesterday. The air technical service command formerly Able to carry 1,000,-006 pounds of mail a month now flies More than 4,500,000 pounds a month to the sixth and 12th army groups and the 15th army by planes
